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Today we had an exclusive interview with Troy Anthony Davis' sister Martina Correia, who has been standing for justice for her brother for 19 long years. Mr. Davis is scheduled once again, for execution Monday, October 27, by the State of Georgia if a stay is not granted. Davis turned 40 October 9, and though witnesses have recanted, and the absence of DNA prove his innocence, the 8th Amendment of the Georgia State Constitution, states it's okay to kill and innocent person as long as the courts feel he has received a fair trial. Mr. Davis is from an upper middle class black family, his dad retired military, and police officer. He graduated with honors from high school, a year after he was scheduled to graduate because he was caregiver for his sister who had MS and was paralyzed from the waist down. Since his incarceration, his dad has died--diabetic coma, the stress of a son on death row too much for him to take. Martina Correia diagnosed with cancer March 2001, has been on chemotherapy for all these years after her doctors dismissed her symptoms. It's a good thing she is a medical practitioner and knew what tests to run and where to get a second opinion once her suspicions were confirmed. Even now, Martina stated on the air this morning, it's crazy that she has to take poison to stay alive, while her brother is about to be given poison to kill him. The show opened with an interview with Chanaka Hodge, who wears multiple hats at Youth Speaks which sponsors the Living Word Festival, in its 7th year, closing weekend, October 23-25, at Theater Artaud, 450 Florida Street in San Francisco. Tickets are $5 for students and $20/25 for adults. At the box office if guests mention the password, "Race is Fiction," they get two for one passes. Call (415) 255-9035.